Special
Notes –
* What a week of
great news. We were front page news on Tuesday;
I will send home a copy of the article today for those who have not seen
it. Monday we were also told that my
Donorschoose project was fully funded by US Cellular. This means that we will get $600 worth of new
books for our library!
* We had
another Mystery Skype this week with mixed results. The students guessed it correctly but Zach
led us through a great discussion of where we needed to improve. I have scheduled another one for next week.
* What a great
PTO dance. Thea and I loved seeing all
of you and couldn’t believe the turn out.
* We go to the
Overture center next week, thank you to all who have offered to chaperone; I
will pull a random name and let the person know.
* My pregnancy
continues to keep Brandon and me on our toes, we have been facing some
complications so there have been a few extra doctors’ appointments, I try to
schedule them outside of school as much as possible. I apologize for any extra absences this may
cause.
* Finally, a
huge thank you to all of you for supporting this classroom and me. I have the best job in the world and I am
thrilled to be the teacher of these incredible children.
* Dates for
your calendar: Mrs. Ripp sub in PM for
literacy meeting Monday, October 14th, Field trip to the
Overture October 17th 11:30 to 2 PM, No school Thursday,
October 24th and Friday, October 25th, Fall/Harvest/Halloween
party moved to Friday, November 1st 1 PM, Picture re-take is Tuesday, November
5th, Conferences start the week of November 11th, I
will send out confirmations slips.
Math – We are at the end of
unit 2 with the test scheduled for Monday.
This unit has covered a lot of basic skills and a lot of new
vocabulary. I encourage all students to
study for the test. Pre-test for unit 3
will be Tuesday and then we start a new unit Wednesday with new groups. Students may be with a lot of the same
students or with all new students, it just depends on their needs.
Social
Studies – We had our first genius
hour project this week, with many students creating really neat projects
showcasing their learning. I have
discussed with the kids, how these projects should be small, they should not involve
hours of work at home or parental involvement.
It is just a chance for them to research something they are interested
in under the topic we are exploring in chapter 2, particularly since we have
discussed Native Americans in previous years as well. All zombie presentations have been put on our
website.
Science – The planes are coming, somehow. We did our lifeboats research and are now
ready to move into the sky, or pretend to be anyway, with our plane
investigation. We are getting better at
getting to work in science and getting through the lesson, time is definitely
limited at the end of the day.
Writing – This week we started drafting our essays, some
students are even close to done and will be challenged in other ways. All students will automatically have their
essays entered into the Yahara River Writers contest for editorials if they
want to and we will be sending them to the WI State Journal as well to see if
we can get any of them published. I love
the passion that has been in the essays for their topics.
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